Entries from August 2013

The City of Eastman has taken delivery of a new fire truck. The fire truck arrived last week and has been put into service. The truck will be stationed at Eastman Fire Station #2 on Main Street. Shown in the picture (l-r) are Eastman City Councilmen Floyd Walker, Prince Dawson, Bobby Slye and Raymond Mullis, Eastman City Manager Bea Edge and Eastman City Councilman Buddy Pittman. (Photo by Chuck Eckles)

In a called meeting on Thursday, August 22, the Eastman City council unanimously appointed Prince Dawson to fill the unexpired term of the late David Rawlins in District 5. Dawson was among three candidates that applied for the job. Willie Belle Rawlins, David Rawlins’ wife, and James Dwayne Burney also applied for the position. The term ends on December 31, 2013. (Photo by Chuck Eckles)

(Reprinted with permission of Seth Emerson and The Telegraph)
By Seth Emerson — semerson@macon.com
There have been other good athletes who could have made it out of Leonard Floyd’s tiny hometown of Chauncey. They didn’t, he thinks, because they didn’t have people watching out for them. Or they didn’t have that singular focus he has had since that moment he realized he could get out.
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The Dodge County High School Lady Indians varsity softball team was scheduled to play Bleckley County on Monday, August 19, 2013 and the junior varsity was scheduled to face Telfair County and Wheeler County on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 but due to weather all of the games were cancelled.
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“As Paul argues, why close bases in the U.S. when we have 700 to 1,000 bases abroad? Why not bring the troops home and let them spend their paychecks here?
Pat Buchanan Buchanan.org 2-3-12
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